food & beverage sampler

brand ambassador

demonstrator

beverage sampler

shop assistant

Samplers Inc.

I love my job!!! Having said that, a good month you might get 20 hours. The company is hiring ongoing for Brand Ambassadors in the same locations, so you're competing with others for minimal job postings near you. This is an excellent position for someone who already has a job, or retired, and is looking for a few extra shifts. I've been struggling with long covid, so the work/life balance helps for the time being. 

Standard hourly rate is $11, brand ambassador is $17. The pay varies with available shifts. Specialty shifts are $20+ but not frequent in my area. They advertise a $20/hr rate in job forums such as this, but I feel they're not being transparent until after you're hired and see the available work. 

Compensation for travel is after 40 miles one way, which makes standard rate positions not worth the commute. I want to stay loyal to this company, but I'll eventually have to look for a second job once I've recovered. 

Also, some store managers are intolerant of vendors. Occasionally, you'll get a refusal of the event when you show up to work. The company takes care of you in this instance, so you won't be out travel expense, but it hurts if you're trying to plan your finances.

Samplers/Advantage staff supervise from RI, so I don't have a manager lurking. There's no interview, one just gets on the schedule and applies for whatever event location you want. If you can read with comprehension and learn how to do the event and the reports, you're in. The app has been greatly improved since I started, over a year ago. This is good because I'd rather concentrate on a crisp presentation for the customer - tech's NOT my specialty. My supervisor is accessible by text, phone or email for scheduling concerns. Handing out free samples makes most customers happy, and store managers are usually happy to help you locate the carts and kits. There's a lot of details: this was the hardest part for me, initially. One must manage their own end : grooming, outfit, punctuality, store contacts, product requisition, sales materials kit, sanitary practice, set-up & take down. They pay an extra 1/2 hour for submitting reports following the event.

I worked for Samplers Inc. for a few months to make some extra money. At first, it started off well, however there was no training before the first shift. 

When I was rejected from shifts by store managers or screamed at by store managers, I would try to contact my supervisors at Samplers Inc. and I would rarely ever get a response back. I took time out of my day to go to these stores just to be turned away by the store managers because there was NO communication between them and sampling management. These stores ranged from being 20-60 minutes away from my house, I also had to arrange rides to take me to and from, and when I would be turned away, it wasted gas and time for everyone.

If you want to work for a sampling company, I recommend ANY OTHER company. They were unprofessional and wasted so much of my time. When I tried to ask for someone higher up in their management to talk to, they refused and said there was no one else I could talk to. Either that was a direct lie, or their operation is not big enough to sustain their amount of employees. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Jobs are available.  If you travel, you can apply for and get assigned work. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They pay the least in the industry.  They don't provide any incentives such as t-shirts or products at the end of the events.  It's really hard to get the select jobs. 
 The in-house staff are aloof, and they barely provide any comradeship to the product demonstrators and samplers.  They are improving very slowly and hopefully if they see this, things will continually change for the better.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Inconsistent, unorganized, slothful, rude, and aggressive.  There are some that have been with the company for years.  At some point in time, they sent out surveys, the only change I could see was some change in staff that provided a bit more involvement.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The typical brand ambassador role and duties with a lot of energy and professionalism.

Working for Samplers inc you are surrounded by a positive and uplifting team that are driven and work together to make the company stronger. Management supports staff and encourages us to share ideas for growth. Often times, these ideas get implemented into routines or policy procedures. It is a highly independent role, so you must be prepared to assess and work through problems without immediate assistance from other managers. Even though the role is independent though, you never feel like you are left in the dark. Communication is key at Samplers Inc, from all sides of staff, are adamant about using clear and effective communication.  Everyone is so helpful and demonstrates the importance of solid TEAMWORK. 

If you want to work for a company that is not only considerate of your work life balance, but of how you would like to grow within the company, Samplers Inc is the place to be. 

Fantastic job if flexibility is needed. They allow you to choose when you want to work and how many hours, which is great. But sometimes they will schedule shifts and then randomly take them away. I recently committed to 7 double demo shifts and they were all unassigned with no explanation, leaving me in a precarious financial situation. So the job security is terrible. I have worked with 2 different supervisors, one has been wonderful, communicative and very accommodating to my schedule needs. The other, who I only worked with once was rather difficult. The hardest part is the first day, everything is done over text or computer, so if you need human interaction or to talk to someone, that is not often possible. But once you get used to the job, it's quite easy, low stress, sometimes fun, but long double shifts are a little boring. 

The hardest part was in the beginning was learning what to do.  There was nobody to help with questions.  I had a hard time with Jet but now it is easy and I have helped several people learn it.  I often get calls with people having questions.  I find it is almost always something little and crazy.  Just an over sight, but with none to ask it can get very frustrating.  I remember the troubles I had in the beginning .  LOL So I am happy to help.
I have always loved this job. 
Now there are no shifts available so I am very concerned about the future with this job.  I hope there will be some opportunity within the company for me.

A typical day at work is working independently to retrieve demo product, the tools to use for the demo and working with the staff at the stores
I have learned how the stores internally work, and also the guests in each store.
The management at the store level allows freedom of my responsibility without issues or utilizing them.  The Agency responses quickly when there is an issue, other than that, there is no need to contact them.
Workplace culture is very warm, as I am accepted as another staff member.
The hardest part of job is sometimes finding the product to demo or getting there during inclement weather.  
The most enjoyable is interacting with customers and selling the demoed product.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Everyone that I've worked for so far has been good easy to communicate with an willing to help when there's a problem with your current job ! My only complaint is there's not alot of work in my Local area , some travel has been over an hr away from me . But i only take those jobs when pay is good, an we have the opportunity to choose what jobs we want to work so that's a good benefit in my opinion 🙂

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Well it's not really stressful but wish there was more Local area work ! An there short assignments. Would be nice if lasted longer! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I've never met them in person only talk on the phone.  But very friendly!

A typical day is to arrive on time checking into the app on site. Check with location management so they know you are there. If I have been on site before I advise I will start getting set up/do they have preferences for where I set up? Usually mgmt is good with me taking the lead and solve any issues I run into.  I keep moving forward with tasks and find employees Often ask to help for locating products.  
I enjoyed the autonomy the job allowed as well  as work schedule flexibility.  Getting to interact with the public is something I enjoy also.
The most challenging part was learning the technology: using the app, submitting reports,  etc. I had not worked for a couple years and had to get used to this again. 

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Food & beverage sampler 644 salaries reported	$17.41 per hour
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Beverage sampler 106 salaries reported	$22.76 per hour
Shop assistant 226 salaries reported	$17.74 per hour

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